Printing device



' Aug. 18,1925.

E. P. BENSON PRINTING DEVICE Filed 001;. 10. 1922 Patented Aug. 18,1925.

UNITED STATES.

EDWIN r. BENSON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PRINTING DEVICE.

Application filed October 10, 1922., Serial No. 593,523.

To all whom it may concern .1

Be it known that I, EDWIN P- BENSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Printing Devices, of which the following is a specifi-ication.

This invention relates to printingdevices, and more particularly todevices adapted to be assembled within a chase. These devices or unitsare assembled within a chase for the purpose of printing various blankssuch as checks, insurance policies, etc. The units may include variouscuts or engravings, ordinary type, display type, and various otherprinted matter which makes up the desired sheet. These units areassembled within the chase and are held in place by devices such asquoins or wedges. It has frequently been found, especially where one ofthe units is a device such as a numbering machine adapted to beactuatedto number the sheets in succession during the printingoperation, that the process of justification, i. ethe ad justment of theprinting characters: to a given line or position, isldiflicult. Thisdifficulty arises initially since it is frequently necessary to move thedevice through indefinite fractions of the printers scale units. It isstill more difficult to adjust it after the chase has been fully set,since this necessitates loosening all the units within the chase.

It is one object of this invention to provide a holder for a device suchas a numbering machine wherein the printing characters may be easilyadjusted at will to any desired degree.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a holder of the typedescribed wherein the adjustment of the printing characters may be madewithout disturbing any of the other units in the printing chase.

Other objects and aims of the invention more or less broad than thosestated above, together with the advantages inherent, will be in partobvious and in part specifically referred to in the course of thefollowing description of the elements, combinations, ar rangements ofparts, and application of principles constituting the invention; and thescope of protection contemplated will appear from the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are to: be takenas part of thisspecification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred embodimentof this invention,

Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of a device embodying my invention.

Fig; 2 is a section takenon the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective detailshowing a side guide-bar.

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail showing one of the end members of themovable frame.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a frame 10 comprising sidemembers 11 and end members 12. lVithin said frame is adapted to bemounted some form of printing or character-bearing device. The frame 10and the characters supported thereby form a unit adapted'to be insertedwithin the frame of the usual chase together with a plurality of otherunits such as cuts, engravings, etc. Allof these units are held withinthe chase by wedges or quoins.

It frequently happens in printing blanks such as checks, insurancepolicies, etc, that a numbering machine is embodied in one unit and isactuated repeatedly .during the printing operation to number the blankssuccessively. These numbers must be positioned accurately on a givenline or at a given point. In the present invention the numbering machineis mounted within the frame 10 of the unit and is movable there in, sothat at no time is it necessary to loosen all the units within the chasein order to align the numbering device, as was hitherto necessary. Theunit comprising the numbering device is locked in the chase and alladjustments of the printing characters of said device may be performedwithout disturbing the other units of the chase.

The numbering machine is shown at 15 suitably mounted in a supportcomprising end-rails or bars 16. Said bars are provided with tenons 17at their ends slidable in grooves 18 formed in the side bars 11 of theframe 10. A groove 19 is formed beyond each groove 18 and communicatingtherewith for the purpose of lubrication. The end bars 16 are providedwith studs 20 doweled therein, or cast integrally therewith, andextending toward the end members 12 of frame 10. Adjusting nuts 22 arethreaded upon studs 20, and expansile core springs are interposed asshown between end bars 16 and end members 12.

By screwing said nuts tightly against the respective members 12, thesliding frame supporting the numbering device will be locked in positionon the frame when fixed in the chase.

F or the justification of the printing line of the numbering device itis only necessary to loosen that nut 22 which is in the direction towardwhich the line is to be moved and correspondingly tighten the other nut;the springs 21 meanwhile acting as balancers relative to the slidableframe. Thus in Fig. 1, if the device is to be moved toward the bottom ofthe sheet, the lower nut is loosened (i. e. moved upwardly) while theupper nut is tightened (i. e. moved upwardly), causing the numberingdevice to slide downwardly in grooves 18. The operation of these lookingnuts in the process of justification will be readily apparent.

The numbering device may be of any standard type, as shown adapted to beactuated in the printing operation by the reciprocation of a plunger 25.The side members 11 of frame 10 may be provided with scales 26 dividedinto standard printers scale units, with which cooperates an index 27 onthe frame supporting the numbering machine.

Each nut 22 may be provided with apertures 30 in its periphery adaptedto receive a bar or rod 31 to facilitate turning of said nuts.

The above description illustrates the principles embodied in myinvention but it will be understood that various changes andmodifications may be made within the scope of the invention as definedby the annexed claims. Also, while I have illustrated the invention inconnection with the printing line of a numbering machine, it will beunderstood that said invention applies to any printing characters of aprinting unit.

I claim:

1. In combination, a unit adapted to be mounted in a chase, said unitcomprising a frame, a numbering machine slidably mounted in said frame,said machine including a member adapted t be actuated during printing tooperate said machine, and means coactive with the ends of the unit andthe ends of the numbering machine for moving said machine relative tosaid frame,

2. In combination, a unit adapted to be mounted in a chase, said unitcomprising a frame, a frame member having printing characters andslidably mounted in said frame, and means for moving said memberrelative to said frame, said means comprising studs fixed to said memberone at each end lock nuts carried by said studs and adapted to engagesaid frame.

3. In combination, a unit adapted to be mounted in a chase, said unitcomprising a frame, a member having printing characters and slidablymounted in said frame, and means for moving said member relative to saidframe, said means comprising studs fixed to said member one at each end,nuts on said studs engaging the frame, and balancer springs between themember and frame.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWVIN P. BENSON.

